Academic Writing

I strive to make my work as accessible as possible. You can click on the “Open Access PDF” link to access a free version of the text. Additionally, many of my academic publications are freely available on the publisher’s website.

You can also see a list of my articles and podcasts for public audiences.

Books

Anthropology in Sporting Worlds: Knowledge, Collaboration, and Representation in the Digital Age (Delaware: Vernon Press, forthcoming). With Benjamin Hildred, Henrike Neuhaus, and Thomas F. Carter.

Journal Articles

Banter as transformative practice: linguistic play and joking relationships in a UK swimming club (2024)
HUMOR: International Journal of Humor Research 37(4), 529-549. [Open Access PDF]

On the Learning, Transmission, and Embodiment of Swimming’s Haptic Grammar Haptic Grammar (2024)
Body and Society 30(2), p. 85-111. With Thomas F. Carter. [Open Access PDF]

The Quality of Water: Perception and Senses of Fluid Movement (2022)
The Senses and Society 17(3), p. 263-276. DOI: 10.1080/17458927.2022.2135358

Sensory Ecologies: The Refinement of Movement and the Senses in Sport (2022)
The Senses and Society 17(3), p. 241-251. With Thomas F. Carter, Sarah Jacobs, and Jasmijn Rana.

Disjuncture as Well-Being in Youth Swimming: COVID-19 Pandemic Affects on Everyday Associations and Routines (2020)
NEOS 12(2), p. 15-18.

Learning to Swim: Age Group Swim Clubs and Embodied Identity in Canada (2014)
Simon Fraser University Sociology and Anthropology Undergraduate Journal 1(1), p. 1-10.

Book Chapters

Embodiment (forthcoming)
In Encyclopedia of Sociology of Sport, Anne Tjønndal, Adam Evans, Verena Lenneis and Gareth McNarry (eds.)

Representing the Self: Contextualizing Tracked and Quantified Swimming Bodies (forthcoming)
In Anthropology in Sporting Worlds: Knowledge, Representation, and Collaboration in the Digital Age, Sean Heath, Ben Hildred, Henrike Neuhaus, and Thomas F. Carter (eds.). Delaware: Vernon Press.

The Digital Fabric of Social Interaction: Knowledge, Collaboration and Representation in Sport (forthcoming) With Benjamin Hildred and Henrike Neuhaus.
In Anthropology in Sporting Worlds: Knowledge, Representation, and Collaboration in the Digital Age, Sean Heath, Ben Hildred, Henrike Neuhaus, and Thomas F. Carter (eds.). Delaware: Vernon Press.

Burnout and Training Maladaptation Affects Well-Being: Strategies for Wellness Amongst Young Swimmers (2020)
In High Performance Youth Swimming, Jeanne Dekerle (ed.), p.228-244. New York and London: Routledge. [Open Access PDF]

Special Journal Issue Edited

Fanoli, Francesco, Heath, Sean and Leo Hopkinson. Accepted (estimated publication date ~2025). Introduction to the Special Issue: Centering play – sport, social change and stabilization. HAU: Journal of Ethnographic Theory. Special Issue.

Carter, Thomas F., Sean Heath, Sarah Jacobs, and Jasmijn Rana. 2022. The Senses and Society. Special Section on “Sensory Ecologies: The Refinement of Movement and the Senses in Sport,” vol. 17, no. 3.

Reports

Heath, Sean. 2024. A Study on Climate Action Communication through Football: Exploring the ways Pedagogy in Football can be Mobilized to Engender Sustainability, Climate Change, Gender Equality and Fair Play. One Ball, One World for Climate Action: Spirit of Football’s The Ball 2023 End of Project Monitoring and Evaluation Report. Sport for Development. Stockholm: Swedish Postcode Foundation.

Munro, Ellie, and Sean Heath. 2021. “Falling Short Report: Response to UKRI’s Phase 1 and Phase 2 Support for PhD Researchers During the COVID-19 Pandemic.” Pandemic PGRs. Birmingham and Brighton: UK. .

UKRI Response Letter: https://www.ukri.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/UKRI-200421-LetterToPandemicPGRsProfessorDameOttolineLeyser.pdf.